State governmnet report on Covid 19...total case 61

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 7 April 2020: The state government has stated that the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the state as on 06.04.2020 is 61 and a toal of 246 persons are presently admitted in different hospital isolation centres. 

In addition to that 51,074 persons are under home observation/surveillance for suspected cases and  3749 persons have completed surveillance. A total of 1394 persons were admitted under hospital isolation till date and 1148 persons were discharged from hospital isolation after tested negative.

1301 samples were tested for  Covid-19. 

There are 59 Covid state hospitals and 511 institutional quarantine centres, and 6889 persons were kept for quarantines and 4010 were released after recovery or tested negative.

On 6th April North Bengal Medical College and Hospital was issued 500 numbers of white PPE, 200 N95 masks, 200 reusable masks, and 200 disposable masks.

PRANESH SARKAR, TT, 07 Apr 2020, Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee said that the total number of active Covid-19 cases till 12 noon on Monday was 61 -- a jump of 12 since Saturday afternoon when chief secretary Rajiva Sinha had put the figure then at 49.

"Till 12 noon, the number of active Covid-19 cases is 61, which includes the figure of yesterday," the chief minister told a news conference at Nabanna on Monday.

Swatting away Opposition charges that doubted the veracity of the figures, the chief minister said either she or someone else on behalf of the government would hold a news conference first and then an official bulletin would be released by the health department everyday.

"The chief secretary had briefed the media on Saturday and there was no briefing on Sunday. There is no reason to raise a hue and cry," the chief minister said as she tried to set the protocol on sharing of numbers.

Mamata also announced the state government's decision to set up a Global Advisory Committee, which would be headed by Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, to help Bengal emerge from the post-virus economic crisis.

Sources close to the chief minister said that Bengal was the first state in the country to take such an initiative.

"She has spoken to Banerjee and requested him to help the state formulate strategies to minimise the impact of the pandemic on the economy," said the source.